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Old 10-08-2008 | 09:55 PM
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Nice Job... How do you have to adjust the Rear stiffeness? is it easy? Man these look soo appealing
Old 10-08-2008 | 10:12 PM
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Nice job, Sharif!!! Looks great.

Lol @ "zero noise or ratttling of any kind". That's how it should be.

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When are you going to come by for a test drive. They really are a dream.
Old 10-08-2008 | 10:13 PM
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Nice Job... How do you have to adjust the Rear stiffeness? is it easy? Man these look soo appealing
The adjusters are located top and bottom. In the rear, the top is harder to get to, so I don't see a lot of people adjusting the rear rebound dampening very often. The compression dampening is located on the bottom of the shock. Compressrion dampening is what most people percieve as the "stiffness" of the suspension, so most people spend time adjusting this component.
Old 10-08-2008 | 10:13 PM
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The KW Variant 3 is the BEST out-of-the-box coilover I have ever used on a street car....A+++++.
High praise for someone who has worked with as much stuff as you have and actually races cars.

If they ride/handle anywhere as good as they look they must be amazing. They're beautiful Now you're making me want to take my springs out and get the KW's.
Old 10-08-2008 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sharif@forged
The adjusters are located top and bottom. In the rear, the top is harder to get to, so I don't see a lot of people adjusting the rear rebound dampening very often. The compression dampening is located on the bottom of the shock. Compressrion dampening is what most people percieve as the "stiffness" of the suspension, so most people spend time adjusting this component.
Thats awesome... so the stiffness can be got to at the bottom of the strut... I like that....
Old 10-08-2008 | 10:29 PM
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The Kw's look great Sharif... Man soooooo tempting...... Awesome work... Bump for FORGED PERFORMANCE....
Old 10-09-2008 | 01:55 AM
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Just a question. I tend to go for high end stuff in general, like TV, appliances, other electronics. I just drive my G like a regular people and never race or track it. Does it still make sense for me to get this or go with the spring route? Basically what I want is to lower it.
Old 10-09-2008 | 03:08 AM
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Just a question. I tend to go for high end stuff in general, like TV, appliances, other electronics. I just drive my G like a regular people and never race or track it. Does it still make sense for me to get this or go with the spring route? Basically what I want is to lower it.
If you only want to lower it then go with springs. If you want better handling and adjustable with your ride height and suspension stiffness then get coilovers. You get a lot more out of coilovers but you also pay for the additional performance. Coilovers are really designed for people who want to track their car but that doesn't mean you wouldn't notice the additional performance in everyday use for coilovers but the question is "is it worth the extra money to you?"
Old 10-09-2008 | 03:44 AM
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omg sick! hey Sharif is that the lowest you could go? and more pics plzz
Old 10-09-2008 | 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sharif@forged
When are you going to come by for a test drive. They really are a dream.
Well I'm in the Philippines right now... I get back on the 19th, so maybe sometime during the week.

You wanna buy my H-Techs from me if I decide to go with these?
Old 10-09-2008 | 11:52 AM
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omg sick! hey Sharif is that the lowest you could go? and more pics plzz
They can go much lower....I just stopped. It's pretty slammed right now.
Old 10-09-2008 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by fkat
Just a question. I tend to go for high end stuff in general, like TV, appliances, other electronics. I just drive my G like a regular people and never race or track it. Does it still make sense for me to get this or go with the spring route? Basically what I want is to lower it.
The cheaper way to lower the car, is just to do springs. But man, after driving the KW's, they really are something very special. And still very reasonably priced for a high end racing CoilOver. There is also the Variant 1 and Variant 2, which are a little bit less expensive.
Old 10-09-2008 | 11:54 AM
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Well I'm in the Philippines right now... I get back on the 19th, so maybe sometime during the week.

You wanna buy my H-Techs from me if I decide to go with these?
Cool....I am sure you are having a blast over there.
Old 10-09-2008 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sharif@forged
The cheaper way to lower the car, is just to do springs. But man, after driving the KW's, they really are something very special. And still very reasonably priced for a high end racing CoilOver. There is also the Variant 1 and Variant 2, which are a little bit less expensive.
Do you carry them and what's the primary differences between the 3 models?
Old 10-09-2008 | 12:13 PM
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awesome....KW V3's are my favorite coilovers. Quick question though what are the spring rates on these? And does anyone know the stock spring rates?



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